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June 1st, 2016

Leonardo da Vinci sketched an aeshetic concept which suggested that the ideal human proportions are particular fractions that can fit within a square lying over a circle. This was in keeping with design principles establ...

Being a gamer may seem like nothing but thumb twiddling fun, but we gamers deal with a lot of dangerous stuff while we're playing through our digital dreams.We're constantly being bombarded by crappy sequels that make us...

Spirit Of '76 Patriot Ghost by The Art Of Randyl BishopIt has been 40 years since the Bicentennial Massacre of 1976, when a group of Revolutionary War reenactors were cut down by what can only be described as malevolent...

(Image Link)Some people work their butts off in school then work even harder in college so they can get that degree and work their butts off in a career that will hopefully take them places.But as frustrating as it is fo...

(Video Link)Like many people on the internet, we here at Neatorama love octopuses. They are beautiful, intelligent and utterly strange creatures -and now you can see them as newborn babies -and as newborn as they get, co...

A young, struggling Walt Disney originally performed the voice of Mickey Mouse himself to save money on production costs. Bill Scott, cocreator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, likewise did the voices of Mr. Peabody and...

Move over horse head masks and cat videos, there's a new player on the scene -stupid videos and gifs starring a now legendary inflatable t-rex costume. The costume was released at the same as Jurassic World and has quick...

High school yearbooks often feature a quote from each graduating senior, and some of them put a lot of thought into what they want to leave for posterity. Others just pull something out of a hat at the last minute, which...

When action figure playsets first came out they were basically just a stage for your figures to run around on, helping guide imagination but adding very little to playtime.But then the epic playsets of the 80s and 90s ca...

The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research, now in all-pdf form. Get a subscription now for only $25 a year!(Image credit: Flickr user Dean Jackson)
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(Video Link)Some people love emojis and can't live without them. Others feel they're a terrible way to communicate and that the world was a lot better off before people started talking in pictograms. No matter what side...

April Siese traveled around the world, and like many long-term travelers, she began to look for anything familiar. That would be McDonald's, with its instantly-recognizable logo. But the food isn’t exactly like you...